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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 4 ("Back to the Wreck") through Chapter 6 ("Ernest and Me").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?
(a) Making a more secure home.
(b) Taking inventory of their survival supplies.
(c) Searching for other survivors.
(d) Locating a source of fresh water.

2. What substance does the family use to treat animal wounds?
(a) Fish oil.
(b) Sap.
(c) Bark tea.
(d) Butter.

3. What two kinds of birds does the family first spot living along the shore?
(a) Geese and cranes.
(b) Flamingos and cranes.
(c) Flamingos and penguins.
(d) Geese and penguins.

4. How does the family end up alone on the ship?
(a) Elizabeth insists on going back below for the family Bible.
(b) The sailors get into the lifeboats and abandon them.
(c) The family is asleep when the order is given to take to the lifeboats.
(d) The family has trouble locating Franz.

5. What does "Robinson" refer to in the title of the book?
(a) The family's last name.
(b) Robinson Crusoe.
(c) The name of the island.
(d) The name of the ship the family originally travels on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family decide to name "Tentholm"?

2. How old is Franz at the beginning of the story?

3. What is the first structure that the family lives in?

4. What does the narrator decide they need to build before they can build the treehouse?

5. From the speed of nightfall, what does the narrator deduce?

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